Exporting Stoke and Beyond

Tiles and architectural ceramics in the
world contextConference held on Saturday 12 November 2011, Potteries Museum and
Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent

Welcome to the Exporting Stoke and Beyond Conference
website

Exporting Stoke and Beyond was a
one-day conference organised by the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society
held at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent on
Saturday 12 November 2011.
See the Conference Programme
page for full details and abstracts of all the papers that were presented.

During the mid 19th century Britain was not only the
world’s leading imperial power, but was also its foremost exporter of
architectural ceramics. The expansion of British territories led to the
construction of many public and ecclesiastical buildings displaying the
best of British design in ceramic terms.
The conference drew its inspiration from this export
of British design and culture, and saught to explore its consequences for
the manufacturing industries of Stoke and beyond, for Britain, and for
the former Empire.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr Graham McLaren, Bath School of Art and Design, Bath
Spa University. Graham McLaren is an historian of art and design,
specialising in the history of ceramics and glass. His current research
will result in a substantial text to be published by Manchester
University Press entitled The Culture of Ceramics. It considers
the significance and impact of ceramics on Western culture, and attempts
to place the material in its social and cultural context.

Mario Baeck MLitt, tile historian, author and expert on north
European tiles. Mario Baeck will focus on European reaction to the
introduction of new tile manufacturing technology in England, and on the
role of international exhibitions in publicising the use of tiles during
the late 19th century. He is currently undertaking research for a PhD
and his published work includes The Industrial
Tile in Belgium, in the 2004 exhibition catalogue Industrial
Tiles 1840-1940 (Nederlands Tegelmuseum).

Dr Lynn Pearson, author of the TACS Tile Gazetteer:
A Guide to British Tile and Architectural Ceramics Locations
(Richard Dennis, 2005). Lynn Pearson will talk about where and how
British-made tiles and architectural ceramics were used abroad, where
they may still be seen, and the problems faced - and overcome - by
British firms attempting to export their wares around the world in the
19th and 20th centuries.